Meaning of ABREAST
| Pronunciation: | | u'brest
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- [adv] alongside each other, facing on the same direction
- [adj] beside one another in a row or rank; "they came down the street two abreast"
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| | Definition: | | \A*breast"\, adv. [Pref. a- + breast.]
1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, ``Two men could
hardly walk abreast.'' --Macaulay.
2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a
line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to
keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.]
Abreast therewith began a convocation. --Fuller.
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| | Related Terms: | | abeam, acquainted, along by, alongside, au courant, au fait, beside, by, coextensively, collaterally, contemporary, conversant, equidistantly, in parallel, informed, nondivergently, parallelly, parallelwise, red-hot, side-by-side, up, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, versed |
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